Stephen King to co-write American Vampire Comic

Stephen King will be one of the writers on a new comic series called American Vampire. This will be original material as opposed to being derived from one of his earlier works. Each issue of this comic will feature two stories.

One will be written by short story writer, Scott Snyder and the other will be written by King himself. The first issue is set to release in March of 2010. The issues will focus on a murdering, bank robbing cowboy named Skinner Sweet who turns into a new breed of vampire.

It turns out the author sent Stephen a letter asking for a simple blurb to use for publicity. King liked the idea and said he’d be willing to write a couple of issues. Snyder, of course, agreed. Apparently, King was originally going to write two issues, but his story expanded to five.

If you’re a fan of Stephen King and comics than it’s a great time as there is certainly no shortage of Stephen King comics being released in the near future. To read more on this story go to examiner.com.